ML19227A247

Official Exhibit - NRC-016-R-MA-CM01 - Staff Presentation Slides - Overview (Aug. 2019)

ML19227A247
Person / Time
Site:	Clinch River
Issue date:	08/12/2019
From:	NRC/OGC
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SECY RAS
References
52-047-ESP, ASLBP 17-954-01-ESP-BD02, RAS 55162
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Early Site Permit (ESP)Application ReviewClinch River Nuclear Site Overview PanelAugust 14, 2019 Panelists*Fred Brown

-Director, Office of New Reactors*Anna Bradford

-Deputy Director, Division of Licensing, Siting and Environmental Analyses 2 Overview of Staff's Review of the Early Site Permit Application

• Summary of Early Site Permit Application (ESPA)*Overview -Safety Review

• Summary of Safety Findings

• Overview -Environmental Review

• Summary of Environmental Findings

• Overview of Panel Presentations 3

Clinch River ESPA

• In May 2016, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted the ESP application

• In December 2016, application accepted

for docketing and detailed technical review 4

Clinch River ESPA (cont.)

• TVA's request:Permit approval for a 20

-year termApproval for a plume exposure pathway (PEP) emergency planning zone (EPZ) sizing methodology2 major features (onsite) Emergency Plans

and exemption requests for site boundary and 2-mile PEP EPZs

• ESPA does not establish a PEP EPZ 5

Clinch River ESPA (cont.)

• If the ESP is issued, the NRC would be approving the Clinch River Nuclear Site as a suitable site for the potential construction and operation of two or more small modular reactor (SMRs)

• An ESP does not authorize construction or

operat ion 6 Clinch River ESPA Safety Review

• Site Safety EvaluationCharacteristics of the proposed sitePlant Parameter Envelope (PPE)Major features emergency plansPEP EPZ size methodology for use by combined license (COL) or construction permit (CP) applicant 7

Clinch River ESPA (cont.)

• TVA has not chosen a specific reactor design for the siteA PPE can bound a variety of

technologiesTVA PPE based on four SMR designsTVA PPE for site based on two or more

SMRs with a maximum capacity of 2420 MWt (800 MWe)8 Clinch River ESPASafety Review (cont.)

• In a COL or CP application, when a specific technology is identifiedESP PPE values are compared to

those of the selected technologyIf design characteristics of the selected

technology exceed bounding ESP PPE values, additional reviews are conducted 9 Clinch River ESPASafety Review (cont.)

• Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Review under 10 CFR 52.23Subcommittee

-May 2018 to November 2018Full Committee

-December 2018ACRS Report

-January 2019

• FSER issued -June 2019 10 Required Findings10 CFR 52.24(a) 1.Applicable standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) and NRC regulations have been met 2.Required notifications have been duly

m ade 3.Reasonable assurance that the site is

in conformity with the provisions of the AEA and NRC regulations 11 Required Findings (cont.)

4.Applicant is technically qualified to engage in the activities authorized 5.Issuance of the permit will not be

inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public 6.The findings required by Subpart A of

10 CFR Part 51 have been made 12 EnvironmentalReview

• Evaluates impacts from the construction and operation of two or more SMRs at the proposed and alternate sites

• Review completed in accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 10 CFR Part 51

• US Army Corps of Engineers cooperated

on EIS development 13 Environmental ReviewProcessSupplemental SubmittalsDraft En vi ronmental Impact StatementScoping*Comme nt Period**Opportunity for Public InvolvementFinal En vi ronmental Impact StatementEn vi ronmental ReportIndependentInformation 14 EnvironmentalReview

• Deferred issues that applicant chose not to address as allowed by regulation: Cost/Benefit (Need for Power)Energy Alternatives 15 EnvironmentalReview

• Record of Decision:States the decisionIdentifies all alternatives consideredDiscusses preferences among alternativesStates whether NRC has taken all

practicable measures, within its jurisdiction, to avoid or minimize environmental harm 16 EnvironmentalReview10 CFR 51.105(a) Findings 1.Requirements of NEPA Section 102(2)(A), (C), and (E) and 10CFR Part 51, Subpart A, have been met 2.After considering the final balance

among conflicting factors in the record of the proceeding, the appropriate action is issuance of the ESP 17 EnvironmentalReviewRequired Findings (cont.)

3.After weighing environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits against environmental and other costs, and after considering reasonable alternatives, the ESP should be issued 4.The staff's NEPA review has been

adequat e 18 Overview of Panel PresentationsPanelIssues DiscussedSafety Panel

• Overview of Safety Review*EPZ Size Methodology and ExemptionsEnvironmental Panel *Overview of Environmental Review 19 Abbreviations

• ACRS -Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

• AEA -Atomic Energy Act

• CFR -Code of Federal Regulations

• COL -Combined License

• CP -Construction Permit

• CRN -Clinch River Nuclear 20 Abbreviations

• EIS -Environmental Impact Statement

• EPZ -Emergency Planning Zone

• ESP -Early Site Permit

• ESPA -Early Site Permit Application

• FSER -Final Safety Evaluation Report 21 Abbreviations

• NEPA -National Environmental Policy Act

• NRC -Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• PEP -Plume Exposure Pathway

• PPE -Plant Parameter Envelope

• SMR -Small Modular Reactor

• TVA -Tennessee Valley Authority 22